Wednesday, March 7, 2012

CME Alert!

I found this while checking out the Space Weather.

MAJOR SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED): Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare. This one is the strongest yet, an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme UV flash:
This eruption hurled a bright CME into space, shown here in a movie from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab estimate that the CME will reach Earth on March 8th at 0625 UT (+/- 7 hr), possibly triggering a strong-to-extreme geomagnetic storm. An animated forecast track shows the progression of the fast-moving cloud.

The flare also accelerated energetic protons toward Earth, triggering an S3-class solar radiation storm, in progress. Such a storm is mainly a nuisance to satellites, causing occasional reboots of onboard computers and adding noise to imaging systems.

I would suggest unplugging anything you may be fond of that is electrical in nature just to be on the safe side.
See you on the other side!
Posted by Selous Scout at 1:08 PM

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    So this UTC time works out to EST = -5 hours so it will hit NYC @ 01:25 am March 8th

    It will hit the west coast @ 10:25 pm tonight. UTC on the left coast is -8 hours.

    Should be able to see some northern lights around those times if the sky is clear.

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